Improve your strategic skill set!
.... and use your resources and time more effectively
Be "ahead of the pack!". Think and act differently!
To increase your strategic abilities you could take multiple training courses, but you have to wait until they are scheduled and this could easily cost you thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours.
I offer in-house training, public workshops and webinars, as well as coaching in Thinking Strategically, Creating Strategic Plans, Implementing Strategy, Leading Change and Life Planning.
The in-house workshops and the business coaching can be tailored to your needs - NOW!
You can leap past the competition when you harness the power of systems thinking and strategic leadership.
Strategic Planning: The Systems Thinking Approach® to Strategic Management
Learn a practical way to create more successful strategic plans that integrate risk into strategy development. Plans with built-in strategic agility, that will achieve superior results and have higher employee adoption.
Learn how to apply strategic thinking as a foundation for business sustainability.
And follow our pragmatic 10-step application of systems thinking which allows you to integrate risk, governance and strategy into a single management and reporting system that everyone can understand. Create develop implement-able, sucessful strategic plans.
Our strategic management model is based upon Our Systems Thinking Approach®.
In six 60-90 minute sessions you'll learn:
How to apply strategic thinking on a daily basis
The importance of external environment scanning and how to do it
How to create your unique strategic positioning and use it for competitive advantage
Setting and using measures to ensure success
Strategies for cascading strategic plans throughout the organization and aligning all work units in a single strategic direction
Practical tools and techniques for making change stick
How to create an ongoing strategic management system in your organization for long-term business success
The common mistakes of strategic management and how to avoid or overcome them
Dates: April 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2021 and
October 19, 20, 26, 27 & November 2 & 3, 2021
Investment: $995 USD webinar
Contact me: Valerie.MacLeod@HainesCentre.com
NOTE: We have applied to The Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) to get this workshop re-approved as preparation for the ASP certification exams. We have to reapply because I stepped back from ASP for business priority reasons. We are now waiting for the update of ASP's internal processes before the workshop is recertified. (February 2021)
The Master Class in Reinventing Strategic Planning
5-Day Immersion in Facilitating Strategic Planning & Management
Develop into a strategic leader and demonstrate your knowledge of The Systems Thinking Approach® applied to strategic planning and change management. Get feedback from Global Partners and attendees to hone your knowledge and facilitation skills.
Prerequisites:
All participants MUST have the prerequisites before being accepted into the Master Class:
Must have attended the “The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Management, the Systems Thinking” workshop or webinar series,
or
Completed a self-directed learning program comprising of webinars and prescribed reading provided by us, and satisfying our Master-Facilitator through on-line coaching that you are ready to take the Master Class.
Dates: TBD
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Investment: $3,195 USD
To register: Valerie.MacLeod@HainesCentre.com
Strategic Implementation
Strategic plans are great, but they've got to be implemented to benefit from them.
In Strategic Implementation, we'll talk about how to manage change so that you receive better results from the plan, receive less resistance from staff and be able to pivot when changes occur. We'll talk about what you need to ensure that change "sticks".
What You’ll Learn:
What to do after a strategic plan is written
The knowledge and skills to apply The Systems Thinking Approach® to the implementation of your strategic or business plans.
What to look for to ensure that strategic plans are written and cascaded in a way that facilitates and enables implementation to take place productively
The critical planning elements that must be in place first, so that strategic plans and initiatives can get implemented effectively
How to build the organization’s capacity for successful strategy implementation, and for sustaining the benefits and objectives of the strategic plan
How to deal with people and cultural change which are both important to successful execution of your plan
What an implementation game plan is and what goes into it
The practical tools, techniques and frameworks for strategy implementation
Dates: TBD
Investment: $1,295 USD
To register: Valerie.MacLeod@HainesCentre.com
Strategic Thinking
Learn to think at a higher level, lead more effectively and apply a strategic outlook.
Develop a clear purpose for yourself and your team resulting in greater self-motivation,
stronger cohesiveness, sharper focus and consistently better results.
Acquire a longer-term outlook that translates to more productive and effective actions leading to more sustainable results in the long run.
Consistently make high-caliber decisions based on improved logic and a more complete and holistic view.
Improve collaboration and generate less team conflict.
What you'll learn:
The mindset and skills for longer-term and higher-level thinking
Applying a thought process for strategic thinking
The key concepts of strategic thinking and learning and how to apply them for better results
How to crystallize and clarify outcomes and visions
To understand the impact of external environment and how to stay relevant in a changing world
How to get everyone in the team on-board, and working together in a concerted effort
Dates: TBD
Investment: $1,295 USD
To register: Valerie.MacLeod@HainesCentre.com
Unleash your Systems Thinking Superpower!
Making Planning Relevant During Uncertainty
Planning during uncertain times is difficult.
Add a suite of powerful planning tools to your existing planning process.
Make planning strategic again - even during unusual times!
Two live online sessions: December 1 & 2, 2020 for North America & Europe and December 2 & 3, 2020 for Asia & Australia
The Systems Thinking Approach®
All of our workshops are based upon The Systems Thinking Approach®.
At the Haines Centre, we have operationalized over 50 years of scientific research started by Ludwig von Bertalanffy (the father of General Systems Theory) and many other world-renown systems theorists, including the Society for General Systems Research into The Systems Thinking Approach®.
Or contact me to design a tailoredin-house workshop!
Learning with me:
I believe that you learn better when you enjoy yourself.
As well as when you apply, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information.
I apply variety in delivery (exercises, videos, games, etc.). And the content and design are regularly updated.
All of this with a trainer who is flexible and has a good sense of humour.
Master trainer, certified business coach and master facilitator, Valerie MacLeod, MBA
Your organizational needs are unique.Do your leaders need to think more strategically, make quick decisions in an ambiguous environment and successfully execute a strategic plan? Your individual needs vary based on where you want to go in your career and what you've already experienced.What skills do you need to be a strategic leader with more influence? Let's talk about we can meet those needs.
We can be a cynical bunch, but we agreed that this was a terrific course. To have success in learning one needs a good instructor – your knowledge and methods made it a pleasure to attend.
Russ Bayley - Area Production Coordinator, Encana Corporation